This is a few days old, but it’s still big news. Do you remember how Andrew Breitbart was vilified for exposing the Obama administration’s corruption with the settlements to minority “farmers” who were allegedly discriminated against by the USDA? Well,…
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USDA Refuses To Reveal How Food Stamp Dollars Are Spent
by Lonely Conservative • • 14 Comments
The USDA refuses to release to the public details of how food stamp benefits are being spent by the recipients. We’re paying for it, but they won’t tell us where our money is going. Several groups of journalists and government…
The Raisin Cartel – The Supreme Court Case You Probably Haven’t Heard About
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
The top story this week is the gay marriage case before the Supreme Court. Pick up any newspaper, open any website, or turn on the television and you’ll hear all about that. What you probably aren’t hearing about is the…
For Dems USDA Furloughs Of Meat Inspectors Are Good, Cutting US/Mexico Food Stamp Program Is Bad
by Lonely Conservative • • 5 Comments
Democrats and their twisted priorities – Furloughs of USDA meat inspectors are good, cutting the US/Mexico food stamp partnership is bad. Salmonella outbreaks. E. coli outbreaks. Millions of dollars in economic losses. These are among the scenarios the Obama administration…
Sequester? What Sequester? USDA Still Doing Wine Conference #SequesterThis
by Lonely Conservative • • 30 Comments
The White House is closing its doors to visiting school children because of the puny sequester cuts (which aren’t really cuts at all, they’re just cuts to increased spending) but the USDA is still going to have it’s wine conference…
USDA Sensitivity Training – Pilgrims Were Illegal
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
$200,000 might seem like a drop in the bucket for the big spenders in Washington, DC, but it’s still a lot of money. For some reason, someone at the USDA thought it would be a good idea to spend that…
USDA Loan Guarantees Benefit Obama Donors – What a Shock!
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The USDA is in on the crony capitalism action of the Obama administration. The agency’s latest round of loan guarantees are benefiting Obama donors. I’m sure you’re just shocked. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a large loan…
Hey, Who’s Up For a Food Stamp Party?
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
You have to hand it to the folks in the Obama administration, they sure are creative. The latest comes from the USDA, which is spending millions on advertising food stamps, encouraging people to throw parties to sign others up for…
USDA Spending Millions Advertising Food Stamps
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
Despite the fact that food stamp usage has soared over the past few years, the federal government wants even more of us on the dole. So the USDA is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to advertise the program on the…
USDA Official Appointed By Obama Arrested for Shoplifting Hair Care Products
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
Jill Harvey, a former staffer to Senator Charles Schumer, was appointed by President Obama to head the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development in Syracuse, NY. I guess her $125,000 per year salary isn’t enough to cover hair care products…
The Federal Government’s Food Stamp Marketing Campaign
by Lonely Conservative • • 5 Comments
The federal government is now using our tax dollars to market food stamps to senior citizens. I guess they don’t think we have enough Americans completely dependent on the government. Here’s the script of the latest ad that’s been airing…
Bipartisan Support for the Potato!
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Who says Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on anything? There is bipartisan support for saving the potato from the nannies in the Obama administration. Children everywhere can rest easy knowing they can still eat potatoes in school, rather than Brussels sprouts. The…
Potato State Senators Defend the Starchy Veggie
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
Who would ever have thought we’d get to the point when United States senators feel the need to defend the potato against an attack from the federal government? The folks at the USDA think other vegetables are better for us,…
Obama Administration to Invest Millions in Grocery Stores
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA is going to “invest” millions of dollars in rural grocery stores. Now, before you go complaining about the government spending too much, just think of the great need these rural grocery stores…